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Australian health system

...of disability and rehabilitation pensions and family allowance supports, but particular provision is made for the needs of remote communities, especially for Aboriginal health and welfare. The
Royal Flying Doctor Service, established in 1928, provides emergency medical care to people living and working in Australia’s remote areas; the service operates, in part, through subsidies by the federal,...

Charleville

...for the sheep belt. The first regular Qantas air route in Australia—between Charleville and Cloncurry—was inaugurated in 1922, and the town remains a major outback air base for the
Royal Flying Doctor Service. Pop. (2006) 3,550.

contribution of Flynn

moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Australia (1939–42) and missionary to the country’s wild central and northern inland, who in 1928 founded what later became the
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.

development

...in 1912 by the Rev. John Flynn, superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission of the Presbyterian Church. Flynn’s plan came to fruition in May 1928, when the first base of what is now the
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia began operating at Cloncurry, Queensland, under Dr. K. St. Vincent Welch. An Adelaide electrical engineer, A.H. Traeger, developed a low-powered, portable,...

Meekatharra

...of the Canning Stock Route and Madman’s (cattle) Track, Meekatharra now receives livestock trucked south down the Great Northern Highway from as far away as Broome. Meekatharra is the site of a
Royal Flying Doctor Service base and the first regular School of the Air (public education by radio for outback children). The town is also a base for mining in the region. Pop. (2006) local...

Outback

...continues in the Outback together with opal mining and minor natural gas and oil production. Stations provide basic economic necessities in the Outback by shipping in supplies from cities. The
Royal Flying Doctor Service provides medical assistance to people in the Outback, and correspondence schools of the air instruct pupils using two-way radio equipment and television.

Queensland

...in Brisbane, conduct world-class research. Hospital and medical services are comprehensive and are dispersed as widely as possible in the rural areas. The most remote regions are served by the
Royal Flying Doctor Service and by aerial ambulances. The remaining challenge is to improve the poor health, hygiene, and housing conditions that exist in many Aboriginal communities.